Origin(s) of Design in Nature A Fresh, Interdisciplinary Look at How Design Emerges in Complex Systems, Especially Life /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Swan, Liz (Editor), Gordon, Richard (Editor), Seckbach, Joseph (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, 23
• Subjects: Engineering.; Religion > Philosophy.; Biology > Philosophy.; Developmental biology.; Evolutionary biology.; Cosmology.; Complexity, Computational.; Complexity.; Developmental Biology.; Evolutionary Biology.; Philosophy of Biology.; Philosophy of Religion.
• Physical Description: XXVII, 812 p. 132 illus., 84 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9789400741560
• ISSN: 1566-0400 ;

Origin(s) of Design in Nature is a collection of over 40 articles from prominent researchers in the life, physical, and social sciences, medicine, and the philosophy of science that all address the philosophical and scientific question of how design emerged in the natural world. The volume offers a large variety of perspectives on the design debate including progressive accounts from artificial life, embryology, complexity, cosmology, theology and the philosophy of biology.  This book is volume 23 of the series, Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology. www.springer.com/series/5775This book is volume 23 of the series, Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology. www.springer.com/series/5775This book is volume 23 of the series, Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology. www.springer.com/series/5775.